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My compost bin is infested with ants. What should I do? Ants are one of the many creatures that can colonise a compost bin. As with most of these creatures they are harmless and in fact beneficial to your heap. Generally ants are welcome residents since their tunnelling activities help to aerate the pile. However, if stinging ants (red ants) invade your compost heap disturb the ants as much as possible, by turning the compost and spraying them with water. This will encourage them to leave. Ants in your compost heap can indicate that the heap is too dry. If you find that when you open the hatch door the material at the bottom of the bin looks dry and is slow to compost down you need to add more materials high in moisture, such as grass cuttings and fruit and vegetable peelings, or alternatively leave off the lid of the compost bin the next time it rains. |
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